Vending-machine.



F. Q. RAST & C. G. PEIRCE. "VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FfL-ED yuLY, 1914.

F. Q. EAST L c. G. Primc.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLlcATloNA FILED JULY 6, 1914.

Ptented Apr. 27, 1915.

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To all 'wh/ni it muy concern Be it known that we. ,ifiirm Q. llasr and Curioso G. lisiiicic, citizens of the "United States, and residents of New York ci' i, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, end Monto air. county', New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful lniivirovenients in Vend ing-Machines, of which the following is :i specification.

The object or" our invention is to provide :i sini le and eilicieiit moans vfor discharging vendi le articles from spending machine7 and to preventtlie discharge of such articles when spurious tokens ere inserted through the coin slot ofthe machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means to prevent the passage of coins? through the coin slot to the devices that cause the coin to eject the articles. during the absence ot articles tronithe corresponding chute for the articles.

Our invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming port hereof, wherein,

Figure l. is 2i front View, partly broken away, of e vending machine embodying our invention: Fig. i2 is e vertical section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is en enlarged de- 'tail section looking from the rightliend in Fig. l', Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of o portion of Fig. l; 5 is n section on the line 5, in Fig. e; and Fig. 6 is a detail section illustrating certain positions of the parts in rejecting a Washer.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l indicates a casing of any suitable construction adopted to receive stacks of articles Q to be vended. Suitable chiites, indicated at 3, ore provided to receive said articles, the lower portions of said chutes being shown provided with ledges to support the articles and spaced apart for the passage .of the coins 4 tor discharging said articles., At la the cosine' is shown pro lvided with a coin slot and t e rear `Well oi the casing is shown provided with an iiiclined guiding ledge lb lending to a channel l that leads to a downwardly find forwardly inclined surface l to direct coins into the coin receiving devices to he described. The chiite 3 is maintained at a suitable distance from the opposed wall of the easing to provide a passage for the coins therehetireen. The side wall of the casing is shown provided with projections 5, above and below, holdingA the chiite 3 away from the side Wall of the casini?, whereby aspace (3 is provided between said chiite and Woll oi the casing vfor the purpose hereinafter described. p

Below the coin chute or channel is a rocking or rotative coin-receiver, indicated geo orally at i", and suitably secured upon a transverse rocking shaft S journiiled inv frame l, shown provided with a handle or knob 9 for operating said shaft. Receiver 7 is shown provided with a coin receiving recess 7, upon the bottom 7b oi' which a coin may rest, and seid receiver is provided in front with spaced abutments 7, behind which the lower edge of the coin rests. At l() is a curved linger or pin located at the rear upper portion of receiver 'i' adapted to herir against tlierear portion of a coin or iinperforated Ispurious token, and to enter :i hole in the token. Tlienger or coin pushing member l0 is curved at its upper edge so that it extends downwardly at an angle toward the receiver belen7 said upper edge. To this end, the upper portion of finger or coin pusher 10 is curved on an arc different from on arc described around the exis o seid receiver, so that saidV edge 10a may, at its lower portion, enter a `hole in the token ond as the higher portion of the edge lll of said iinger engages seid edge of the token,

the normal or inactive position o' seid parts,

the upper forward portion of tongue 11 lies approximately in the plane Vof' the upper edges ofiabutments 7 c, the forward edges of which abutments are shown downwardly in-A clined at 7, Thetongue 11 is shown pivotally'carried by'apin or shaft 13 carried by the receiver 7, and normally hangs in posii tion toobstruct the passage into 4recess 7 to the bottom thereof, butis adapted to be vtilted by the'weight of a coin' to enable the latter to rest upon the bottom 7b ofthe recess, as shown in Fig. 2. The receiver 7 may be retained in a normal coin .receiving position, as indicated 1n Figs. 2 and end with 'said receiverand at the other end with a projectiony 15 on the casing.l The rmally retains receiver 7 retained against] the frame, or an extension thereon, under the coin chute, as illustrated in Figs. 2 an(\l\3,4 and the lower portion of the inclined partl is shown recessed at 1a to admit I the finger 10.

Beneath the recei\ er-7 the casing isshown prdvided with a ch inber orcompartment 16 :to receive -coins (awakens, forwardof which compartment is own a removable wall 1,7, located at a `suitable distance behind the main cover or door 1 8`,`\'which latmaintained behind the closed door, prevents surreptitious extraction of coins'fron'i cham- .ber 16, and for simplicity said wall 1s shown bearing at its lower edge upon the bottom of casing 1 behind a stop pin 22, and for\ ward of stops 2 3, the forward edges of said stops being shown beveled to permit wall 17 to slide along the same behind pin 22, and the upper portion of" wall 27 is shown bearing against pins 24 on the side walls of casing,1, said wall 17 "being shown provided with a projection 17h, against which the door 18 bears, whereby said wall 17 is -retained in position when the door 18 is locked, and may be readily removed when door 18 is 'swng down, for removal of the coins from chamber 16. The upper edge of wall 17 is shown cut away at'l a at the front of the upper section of the coin receiver 7, Where the coins tilt forwardly.

In the space 6 between chute 3 and the wall of the casing is pivoted a lever 25, as at 26, shown having a horizontal portion, one end 25i lof which is adapted to be engaged by the projection 27t of a weight 27, that rests upon articles 2, said lever having 3 by l .means of a spring 1 4 shown connected atone' an upwardly..` extending portion 25", from which a laterally extending portion 25 eX- ,tends, in position normally retracted from slot`1a. The position of pivot 26 of lever 25 is such that thelatter may normally, by gravity, rest upon stop 29 on chute 3 (Fig. 2) withlthegend 25c retracted from slot 1a, although aspring can be used for the purpose. In the side-wall of chute 3 is a vertical slot 3a leading down below the end 25a of lever 25, adapted to receive'the projection 27l ofweight 27. #After vthe vendible ar-v ticles 2 are placed in chute 3, 'the weight 27 is, placed in said chute upon the articles,

with its projection 27a passing through slotcS. lWhen the lowermost article has been delivered by a coin the weight descends to the ledges 3a, and thereupon the projection 27 of said weight engages part 25a of lever 25, and rocks the latter so that its end 25c passes across slot 1a to prevent the insertion of a coin therein, and when the weight removed' lever 25 will swing back away fromsaid slot.

We have illustrated the machine provided with two chutes 3, two coin slots 1a, and two receivers and their parts, tongues, etc., both said receivers Ibeing secured upon shaft 8,

adaptedf'to rock together, but it will be understood that the machine may be provided with a single set ofdevices as described, or with as many such sets as desired.) When a proper coin is passed through slot 1, it will travel down the coin chute thereunder, and engage the tongue 11 beneath the same, the weight of the 4coin being sufiicient to tilt said tongue to enable the* coin to rest upon the bottom 7b of the receiver, behind the abutments 7c and forward of the finger or pin 10. When shaft 8 is now. rotated,

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in the direction of the arrow a in Fig. 2,

the coin, by being retained between partsv 7c and 10, will push against therear p0rtion of the lowermost article 2 ofthe stack above, (the upper edge of the coin passing through a suitable opening in the back lof the coin chute), and will force said article outwardly from beneath 'the stack into the passage 20, whence it will4 fall to the bottom of casing for removal through opening 21,

and the articles will then descend in the chute. Upon 'return rotation of said coin receiver, if the coin has not dropped therefrom, the upper portion of the coin will engage .the lowermost article of the stack and will be dislodged from the receiver 7, vand will -somersault downwardly into chamber 16. It will be understood that the normal -position of receiver 7, (Figs. 2.and 3) is such that the coin will slide properly into the receiver, as shown'in Fig? 2,'from the in- 'clined surface. 1d, tilting the tongue 11 as stated, and that when the coin 'is discharged from the receiver said tongue will automatically tilt back to its normal position, as an f it being understood that ton i receiver merma obstruction to the pusmge of light Wei ht spurious tokens into the receiver. l a lichen Whose 'Weight is not great enough to cause the tongue 11 to tilt so that the token van enter in the receiver behind its projections 7c, said tongue will retain the token in an upward position, as indicated in dott/ed lines in Fig. 3, so that when receiver 'i is rotated, (in the direction of the arrow on), said light Weight token will be retained on and carried along by tongue lll with its upper -portion in Contact with the lowermost article 2, 'and will be caused to slide oi tongue ll Without delivering such article, ue 11, and re! reiver 22 assume different re ative positions when the receiver is rotated, substantially 'as indicated in Fig. 6, the tendency of the tongue being to lift lightweight tokens as the receiver is rotated, and to keep thern from dislodgment behind the abutments 7c. in some instances lightweight spurious tokens may slide directly 5d the tongue ll along the beveled or inclined edges 7e of l'n case a spurious token having a hole in its center, such asa` Washer, (shown at il, Figs. d and 5) be inserted in the coin slot, and if such.' token is of vsufficient weight to tilt the. tongue 1l so that the token can enter recess of receiver 7 behind its abutr'e'nts 7, it may rest in position substantially as shown by coin d in Fi .-2, but in such event the nger 10 will register with the hole'n the token. When the receiver 7 is non'r ro tated in the direction of the arrow o, the linger 10 Will enter the hole in the token, and the curved upper portion of said linger will engagethe upper edge of said hole, by reason of the lowermost article 2 being in front of the upper portion of said token, abuttinv against the saine as a stop, the fin- `rer l0 in moving'into the hole in the token will cause the latter to be pushed upwardly, partly behind the lovvermost article 2,'during a portion of the movement of the receiver (Fig. 5), causing.,r the lower edge of the token to be raised above the abutments "i", and causing;r the token to tilt underneath the article 2, and to be carried along thereunderWithout dislodging said article. lt such tolen does not drop oil' the receiver during its forivard motion, the token will drop oil (mathe return stroke Without dis charging anarticle. The tongue il under the spurious; token, on the return stroke of the receiver, serves to aid in dislodpging the token, 'should the latter not be dislodged near the completion of the return stroke.

It will thus be apparent, that we have provided a rsimple 'form of mechanism adapted to discharge articles from a stack by the action of a proper coin, and to prevent disl'odgment of such articles when spurious tokens of light Weight, or having and able coin receiver holes adapted to receive the finger l0, are inserted in the coin slot, the mechanism being relatively accurate in operation, not liable to get out of order and cheap to manufacture.

Changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, Within the scope of the appended claims7 Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our invention what we claim is 1- LA. vending machine having means to support a stack of articles therein, a movable coin receiver beloiv said articles and provided with means to retain a proper coin with its upper portion in position to dislodge a vendible article upon one stroke of said receiver, said receiver having a inov able tongue in the path of coins'into the re ceiver adapted to prevent light-vveight tokens from operatively entering said re ceiver, said tongue being in position to retain' such tokens in position to be engaged by the articles to dislodge said tokens from the receiver when the latter moves .torvvardly. v

2. vending machine havingmeans to support a stack of articles therein, a inovable coin receiver below said articles and 'provided with a recess to receive a proper coin and retain its upper portion in position to dislodge a vendible article. said re ceiver having a member on one side of the coin above said recess to coact With the coin, said receiver also having a movable tongue extending across the upper part of said recess in the path of coins int@ the receiver, to prevent light-Weight tokens -troni operatively entering said recess,

3. A vending machine having means to support a stack of articles therein, a niovable coin receiver belovv saidk articles and provided with a recess to receive a proper coin,v said recess being of less depth than the coin to expose the upper portion of the latter to dislodge a vendiole article, said receiver having a member on one side of the coin above said recess to coact with the coin, said receiver also having a pivotal Weighted tongue at the upper part of the recess in the path of coins into said recess adapted to be moved bv a proper coin to permit its cntrance into the recess with the upper the coin extending:y above the recess, said tongue being adaptedv to prevent lightweight tokens iroin operatively entering said recess.

l. vendingr machine having means to support u stach ot' artic-lcs` therein, a niovhelow said articles, said reci-iwi' being provided with a recess and spar-od projections in front oi the recess, said receiver having!y a member above said abutments on the side of the coin opposite part of for, f

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said abutments to coact with the coin, said receiver also having a pivotal [tongue normally extending between saidabutments across the upperv part of the recess adapted to be tilted by a proper coin to permit its entranceginto the recess behind 'said`abut rments and adapted to obstruct the entrance of a light-weight token said.,'recess.

5. A vending machine having means to support a stack ofarticles therein, a movable coin "receiver below said articles, said receiver being provided with a-recess and spaced abutments in front of the recess," said receiver having a member above said 'abutments on the side of the coin opposite said abutments to coact with the coin, said receiver also having a tongue pivotally carried thereby to extend at its free end between said abutments and having a weighted portion normally retaining said tongue substantially adjacent to the upper part bf said abutments across the upper part of sa'id recess to permit the entrance of a proper coin into said recess and tiobstruct the entrance of a light-weight tokenthereinto.

6. A vendingnmachine'faving means to support a stack ofarticles't erein, a rotative coin receiver bePow said articles, said receiver being provided with a recessA and spacedabutments for the front of the lower portion -of a coin, vand a member above said recess and abutments to engage the upper portion of the rear of the coin, said receiver also having a pivotal tongue to obstruct the deposit of light-weight tokens in said recess and adapted to permit the entrance of a coin into said recess in position to be dislodged from the recess when the coin engages an article upon the return stroke ofthe receiver.

7. A vending machine having means to support a stack of articles therein, a rotative coin receiver below, said articles, said receiver having a recess for coins provided with an abutment for the .front of a coin, and a finger having a `[curved forward portion extending in a downward and forward direction to enter a hole in a token, the lower en d of said linger being wholly-within a circumference described around the axis of the receiver, the outer edge of said nger touching such circumference, said supporting means being so located as to retain an article in position in front of the upper portion of said token, to engage said token to cause it ,to rise out of the receiver.

8. A vending machine having means to support a stack oit'y articles therein, a rotative coin receiver below said articles, said receiver having a recess for coins provided with spaced abutments for the front of acoin or token, a inger having a portion eX- tending in a downward and forward direction to enter a hole in the token adapted to engage said token to cause it to rise out of the recess when the upper part of the token engages one of said articles, and a tongue movably carried by said receiver to obstruct the entrance into said recess of light-weight tokens and adapted to permit the entrance thereinto of heavier tokens or coins.' v

9. A vending machine having means to maintain'a stack of articles therein, a rotay tivec in receiver below said articles, said re- .ceiver having a #forward abutment for the lower-part of a coin or token, and a finger behind the coin or token above the'abutment,

said finger having an upper edge curved downwardly and forwardlyon a curve lless than a circumference described around the axis of said receiver in position to enter a hole in a token to cause the token to rise out of the receiver when the upper part of the token engages one of said articles.

10. A vending machine having means, to

retain a stack of articles therein, a rotative coin receiver below said articles, said jreceiver having a recess and a forward abutment for the lower part of a coin or token, and a finger behind the coin or token above the abutment, said finger having an upper edge curved downwardly and forwardly on a l curve less than a circumference describedV around the axis of said receiver in position to enter a hole in the token to cause the token. to rise out of the recess when the upper part of the token engages one of said articles, and a weighted tongue pivotally carried by said receiver and normally in the path of a coin or token into said' recess to prevent vthe en trance of light-weight tokens operatively into the recess and permit the entrance of heavier tokens or coins thereinto.

11, A vending machine having means to retain a stack of articles therein, a rotative coin receiver below said articles, said receiver having a recess and a forward abutment for the lower part of a coin, a 'finger behind the coin above the abutment,-said nger having an upper edge curved downwardly and forwardly on a curve less than the circumference described around the axis of said receiver in position to enter a `hole in a token to cause thetoken to rise out of the recess when the upper part of the f token engages oneA of said articles, and a tongue pivotally carried by said receiver and having a weighted portion depending below v said tongue at one side of the support for the receiver, said tongue being normally .in the path of a coin or token in said recess to prevent the entrance of light-weight tokens v operatively into the recess and to permit the entrance of heavier tokens thereinto.

12v A vending machine having means to maintain a stack of articles therein, a movable coin receiver belowsaid articles and provided with means to retain a proper coin in position to be dislodged from the receiver 'y by coaction with one of said articles on one stroke of the receiver, said `receiver having means in the path of coins into the receiver of New York, and State of New York, this adapted to prevent light-weight tokens from 3rd day of July, 1914.

operatively entering said receiver, said last FFI K Q R ,XQT named means being in position to retain said s J 151 Y "1 5 light-weight tokens in position to coact with @LIB b ORD (L PEIRCE' an article to dislodge said tokens from the Witnesses: receiver. T. F. BOURNE,

Signed at New York city, in the county MARIE F. VAINwmGu-T. 

